surprising. It seems as if schools will struggle to maintain medians though, because the difference surely doesnt make up for the previous LSATs, along with the perceived "difficulty" of the test when compared with the curve of June, Sep, and Dec

Not surprising. The decrease for the December test last year took a hit because of the storm during that weekend. People postponed the test which is why the February test saw a slight increase(1.1%). Without the storm I estimate around 29,000 takers for December last year. This shows that without the storm it is another possible decrease. Regardless the decreases are slowing.